We are looking for experienced, Lighting, Sound, Stage Management and General Technicians to join our Edinburgh Team. Our venues range from 50 to 800 seats.
Roles are available in Edinburgh to build and work in our temporary theatre venues from July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.
The Venue Manager role ensures the successful day to day operation and running across the site bringing together all departments to ensure they are aligned and understand all operational requirements in enough time whilst delivering a high-quality customer experience, and the role will work with all departments across the site from Bars to Box Office to create a positive team culture and outstanding customer experience. We aim to bring a fun, engaging, world-class experience.
We're looking for a top notch production manager to join our Fringe Team! Oversee the build, technical rehearsals and running of your venue (and sub-venues)
We are looking for a top notch Box Office Manager to join our team for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Season 2023
The Box Office Managers main goal is to ensure the customer receives the highest quality service and in assisting the smooth operational running of the box office, making sure staff are fulfilling their duties to the best of their ability and within legal regulations.
Role commences 26th June and runs through until 3rd September
Assembly Festival is one of the largest and longest running multi-venues on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. n 2023, we will be presenting around 200 shows across 6 sites, across all performance genres. Assembly Festival’s summer season begins on 14 July when it welcomes Edinburgh Jazz and Blues to Assembly George Square Gardens and Assembly Roxy; before the Edinburgh Food Festival returns 21 – 30 July. Our festival programme will kick off on Wednesday 2 August with the Assembly Gala showcase.
The Press Coordinator will work with the communications team, to collate information from companies and artists, and coordinate and generate broadcast press coverage for Assembly as part of the Festival Fringe 2022.
The Edinburgh Food Festival (EFF) is a vital part of the Assembly Festival portfolio, becoming a much-anticipated part of the summer festival calendar in Edinburgh and beyond. The role of producer ensures the successful delivery of the event with through curation, production, budget monitoring and a further emphasis on the production planning, operation and delivery of the festival in July.
The Press Officer will work with the Press Manager and wider Communications team to generate press coverage promoting all the shows performing at Assembly as part of the Festival Fringe 2023, as well as some specific show campaigns.
We are looking for an experienced Arts/Live Performance Marketing to join their Marketing and Communications team for Fringe 2023.
Working alongside the Head of Marketing, Programming and visiting producers, the successful candidate will deliver multi-channel promotional campaigns to ensure the success our co-productions and campaign shows.
The right candidate will have some experience in strategizing and implementing dynamic marketing activity, along with a passion for the arts and live performance.
We are looking for an experienced Digital Marketing Officer to join their Marketing and Communications team for Fringe 2023.
Working alongside the other departments, the successful candidate will deliver engaging and succinct digital content to ensure the success of the Digital Marketing campaigns.
The right candidate will have some experience in strategizing and implementing digital marketing activity, along with a passion for the arts and live performance.
Bars are an essential part of the Assembly Festival experience, they are the social areas where audiences and
performers gather, adding to the energetic buzz of the site. As a Bar Manager, you’ll be in looking after the
Bars Team and Supervisors on the front line, serving drinks and making our customers day. This role is vital. We
expect hard graft and an ability to work in a team with new people, creating a great working environment
conducive to an amazing experience.
Our Bar Managers main goal is to ensure the customer receives the highest quality service and in assisting the
smooth operational running of the bar, making sure staff are fulfilling their duties to the best of their ability.
Roles are available in Edinburgh from Mid-July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles
We are looking for superstar Bar team members and Supervisors!
Bars are an essential part of the Assembly Festival experience, they are the social areas where audiences and performers gather, adding to the energetic buzz of the site. As a bar team member, you will be on the front line, serving drinks and making our customers day. This role is vital. We expect hard graft and an ability to work in a team with new people, creating a great working environment conducive to an amazing experience. This role requires you to be flexible and mature. Your focus will be on making drinks, dealing with stock, keeping the bar and venue clean, working with other departments and being friendly to customers.
We are also looking for members of our logistics team who help manage stock deliveries around the sites and support bar operations, these roles can have early starts and require a good level of fitness to safely move kegs around our sites.
Roles are available in Edinburgh from Mid-July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.
You will be part of a well-trained team who have a thorough knowledge of the ticketing system and our Festival programme. As a member of the Box Office team, you will be an important and skilled team member able to resolve customer queries, advise and direct customers. You will have a professional manner, be a people person and happy to gather and organise information for our customers, providing unbeatable customer service at this front-line position.
The Box Office Assistants main goal is to ensure the customer receives the highest quality service and in assisting the smooth operational running of the box office, making sure staff are fulfilling their duties to the best of their ability.
We operate 5 venue hubs so need a large team of strong customer focused and team members who are confident working with the public, are bright, bubbly and approachable.
Roles are available in Edinburgh from Mid-July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.
Front of House Assistants (ushers) work as part of the Front of House (FOH) team to ensure the smooth operation of the venues before, during and after shows. The role will require an ability to work well within a large team and be aware of expected movements of audiences and performers, facilitating the fast turnaround between shows and be the face of Assembly.
We operate 5 venue hubs so need a large team of strong customer focused and team members who are confident working with the public, are bright, bubbly and approachable.
Roles are available in Edinburgh from Mid-July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.
The Box Office Supervisor's primary role is to ensure the customer receives the highest quality service and assist in the smooth operational running of the box office, making sure staff are supported to fulfil their duties to the best of their ability.
The Front of House Duty Manager will work as part of the Front of House (FOH) team to manage the smooth operation of the venues and the site before, during and after shows. The role will require an ability to manage a team and be aware of expected movements of audiences and performers, facilitating the fast turnaround between shows and to be the face of Assembly to audience members and performers.
Front of House Duty Managers should be experienced within a theatre environment and have experiencing seating large venues quickly and with grace, the ability to lead a team and respond in a fast paced environment is required.
We operate 5 venue hubs so need a large team of strong customer focused and team members who are confident working with the public, are bright, bubbly and approachable.
Roles are available in Edinburgh from Mid-July for the Jazz Festival and Food Festival and roll through until the end of August to cover the Fringe or from Early August for the Fringe dates only.
Staff are required to be 18+ due to the licensed nature of our sites, and have a legal right to work in the UK, no Visas are able to be offered for these roles.
Assembly’s catering and food stalls are an essential part of the Assembly Festival experience, they are the social areas where audiences and performers gather, adding to the energetic buzz of the site. As a Catering team member, you will be on the front line, creating meals that bring smiles to punters faces and warmth to their bellies. This role is vital. We expect hard graft and an ability to work in a team with new people, creating a great working environment conducive to an amazing experience. This role requires you to be flexible and mature. Your focus will be on prepping for and serving meals and beverages, dealing with stock, keeping the food stalls and venue clean, working with other departments and being friendly to customers.
We're looking for enthusiastic and experienced team members to join our build crews for our Summer Festival Season over July and early August, as well as the get out at the end of August 2023.
We're interested in hearing from you if you have experience in construction/carpentry/festival or event building/fencing and scaffolding and painting as well as plant operators or build crews. Roles are offered on a contract basis and run between the 26th of June until Early August, as required.
We are also looking for drivers to join our runner (Driving) team.
Roles are paid dependent on skill set and experience but are no less than £15 per hour.
Assembly Festival is one of the longest-running and most popular of the multi-space venues that operates at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Starting in 1981 with a programme of just four shows, we now present a programme of more than 200 productions to an audience of over half a million in a typical year. Over this time we have built a reputation for exciting programming and developing creative and sustainable events which provide a platform for artists, makers and creators to share what they have to offer.
Please complete the relevant application for a chance to join our team this summer.